Coin-actuated mechanism.



E. RICHTER.

COIN AOTUATED MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED snPT.14,1e12.

1,078,382. Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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Wl/VESSES: INI/ENTUH By @E A TTORNEY E. RICHTER.

COIN ACTUATED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION HLBD sBPT.14,191z.

1,078,382, Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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EMANUEL RICHTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-ACTUATED MECHANISIVI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11,1913.

Application filed September 14, 1912. Serial No. 720,307.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Fremont, RICHTER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at, 4.841 Prairie avenue, in the city of Chicago. county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Aetuated Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coin actuated mechanism adapted to receive coins of different denominations, and the invention, more specifically, refers to a type ot' such mechanism including a differentially operated device such as a register adapted for use in registering banks, which device is actuated to an extent corresponding to the denomination of coins inserted in the mechanism.

One object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed form of coin actuated mechanism into which coins of different denominations are adapted to be successively inserted, and each such coin inserted is designed, through suitable means, to actuate the differentially operative mechanism to register or indicate the value of the coin inserted.

further object of the inventio-n is to provide simple and effective means to prevent the insertion of a second coin while a coin previously inserted is still in the coin earrier.

A still further object is to provide means for preventing reverse rotation of the coin carrier before the latter has completed its rotation in either direction.

Other objects and advantages of the invention` and its detail structure and mechanism, will be fully disclosed in the following specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, wherein4 Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2 of my invention as embodied in a registering bank; Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the exterior casing partly m section; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but looking in the opposite direction; Fig. 4- is a fragmentary view similar to F ig. 3, showing the coin carrier in section moved about its pivot. into one of its extreme positions; Fig. 5 is a. vertical sectional view of the hundreds wheel of the differentially operative mechanism; and Fig. G is an elevational view of the coin carrier employed in the construction of my device.

In the form of device herein illustrated, I preferably employ a suitably slotted, pivotally mounted, coin carrier designed te receive coins of various denominations, and which carrier when supplied with a coin and moved about its pivot is designed, through suitable intermediate means, to actuate the dierentially operative mechanism to an extent corresponding to the denomination of the coin inserted in the carrier. The device is designed for the reception and recording of coins of the following denominations, Viz:five centI pieces or nickels, ten cent pieces or dimes, twenty-five cent pieces or quarters, and fifty-cent pieces or half dollars. The registration standard is the tive cent piece, by which I mean that when a five cent piece is inserted the differentially operative mechanism is moved one step, when a ten cent piece is inserted the diiferentially operative mechanism is moved two steps, and so on.

I will .now proceed to give a detail description of the invention by means of the drawings, wherein the numeral 1() designates the base of the exterior casing, 11 the rear wall thereof, 12 and 13 the side walls and 14 the curved top wall. It will be understood that the device may be given any desired shape, but I have found, from experience, that the form illustrated is best adapted for the purpose. The top wall 14 is held in position by means of the bolts 15 passing through the lugs 16 struck up from the side walls 12 and 13. Within the casing and preferably adjacent the lateral wall 13 thereof is a substantially U-shaped supporting frame eomprisin(r the base 17 and the lateral walls 18 andJ 19. The supporting frame is held in position within the casing by short spurs or arms Q0 struck up from the base 10 and passing through and clenched over the base 17 of the supporting frame.

Fixed in the walls 18, 19 of the supporting frame is a short transverse stud or shaft 21 upon which the coin carrier designated generally as 29 is pivotally mounted. The coin carrier includes the parallel walls 23 and 21 and the side wall 25 which is provided with slots more fully hereinafter described. lt will be noted that the side opposite the wall 25 is open. and the top Q6 of the carrier is also open and is designed, when in position to receive a coin, to aline with the coin insertion slot 9T formed in the upper wall 14 of the casing. Extending inwardly from the wall Q5 of the coin carrier is a series of slots Q8, Q5), 3() and 81` graduated in size. linmediately adjacent the slot 30, one of the lateral` walls of the carrier is provided with a shelf or lug 31El which serves to stop five cent pieces, twenty-tive cent pieces and fifty-cent f pieces (numbered in Fig. (3 from 82 to in different positions, and also serves to deflect laterally ten cent pieces 85, so that the latter when inserted in the coin carrier, finally rest upon the inclined floor 3G. As shown in Fig. t3, the several coins occupy different positions when inserted in the carrier, a fifty-cent piece partly closing the slot 28, a twenty-tive cent piece partly closing the slot Q9, a five cent piece partly closing the slot 30, and a ten cent piece partly closing the slot 31. The coin carrier is normally held, by a spring 37 fixed to the wall 19, so that its upper open end 2G will be in alinement with the coin admission slot 27. The coin carrier also has an operating handle 38 which projects through, and is designed to be reciprocated in, the curved segmental slot 39 formed in the wall 18 of the exterior casing. At its upper part, immediately adjacent the open end 26, the coin carrier is provided with a shutter or shelf 40 which is adapted to close the slot 27 and prevent admission of coins, when the carrier is moved hack beyond the slot 27 against the tension of the spring, 37.

Formed integrally with the coin carrier is a cam plate 4l having the oppositely disposed noses 42 and 43 and fixed to the wall 19 of the supporting frame is a spring 44 held in position by the eye 45 and designed to act against the periphery of the cam plate 41. The. action of this spring is such that when the coin carrier is in either of its eX- treme positions the end of the spring presses against one of the noses. When the coin carrier is moved about. its pivot in the direction of the arrow 46 (Fig. 3) the spring is tensioned and reverse rotation of the carrier is not possible until the tension of the spring is relieved by its end taking over the nose 42 as shown in Fig. 4.

Supported hy the supporting frame 18, 19, is a stud or shaft 47 in a lower horizontal plane than the shaft Q1, and this shaft 47 pivotally supports the differentially operative mechanism, which in the present case is shown as consisting of registering or indieating mechanism. The shaft 47 has pivotally mounted thereon the adjacent registering wheels 48 and 4f), the former being the tens wheel and the latter the hundreds wheel. The tens wheel is open at one side and the wall at its opposite side is provided with openings cr notches 50 corresponding in position with the ordinals 51 on the wheel. The hundreds wheel is also open at one side and at its opposite face is provided with teeth 59 for a purpose to he described.

Mounted on a shaft 58 below the plane of the shaft 47, is a transfer wheel 54 arranged between the wheels 48 and 4S. This transfer wheel is idle. The wheel 48, opposite the notched wall 40, is formed with a fork 55 which is adapted to engage the transfer wheel 54 when the wheel 48 is in position to show 00 through the window 5G or the pair of adjacent windows 56, 57, formed in the outer casing. Then the fork moves the transfer wheel, the latter in its turn acts against the teeth 52 and shifts the hundreds wheel one step. The operation is such that for each dollar inserted the tens wheel 48 will. make one complete revolution, and at the end of that revolution the fork 55 will act against the transfer wheel.54 and cause tlie hundreds wheel 49 to show the number next higher to the preceding one, through the window 5T.

Loosely mounted on the shaft 21, opposite the cam plate 41, is a segment 58 having a toothed periphery 55). Projecting inwardly at right angles to the plane of the segment 58, is an arm 60 and a series of studs or pins 61, (EQ and (33. The arm (l0 and the pins G1 to 63 are so positioned that when the coin carrier is moved about its pivot the arm 60 will enter slot Q8, the pin 61 will enter slot QS), the pin G2 will enter slot 80 and the pin 63 will enter slotI 31.

Mounted for revolution upon the stud 47 a peripherally toothed wheel G4 the teeth of which are in mesh with the teeth 59 of the segmental plate 58. Struck up from the wheel G4 is an arm or spur G5 which is bent inwardly to engage the openings 5() in the wheel 48. The construction is such that as the coin carrier is moved about its pivot (direction of arrow 46) the gear wheel 64 is revolved and the arm G5 will move the wheel 48 to an eXtent corresponding to the denomination of the coin inserted in the carrier.

The front edge of the shutter 40 is provided with a projecting tooth 66 which, when the carrier is moved into the position indicated in Fig. 4, is adapted to enter one of the slots or V-shaped notches 67 formed on the periphery of the tens wheel 48 and prevent the latter from overrunning its shaft,

The wall 19 of the supporting frame is provided with an elongated inclined slot 68 through which the coins fall by gravity into the space 69 upon return movement of the carrier the open lateral part of the carrier alines with the slot 68.

Struck up from the wall 18 of the supporting vframe is a lug 70 which acts as a stop to prevent the toothed plate 58 and the coin carrier from being moved back too far. The plate 58 has a corresponding lug 71 extending at the rear ot the carrier and adapted to hit against the lug 70 when the carrier is moved into the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Extending into the open end of the hundreds Wheel 49 is a latch 72 carried by the pivoted door 73 of the casing. The open end ot the hundreds Wheel 49 is provided with tivo diametrically opposite slots 74, and when as a result of revolution of Wheel 49, either of these slots reaches the latch 72, the latter is treed and the door 7 3 may be opened.

The bank illustrated in the drawing is designed to receive a total of twenty dollars, but may be opened after teu dollars have been inserted, and for this reason two slots or notches 74 are provided in the rim of the wheel 49.

In a more or less general Way, the opera! tion of the invention has been outlined in the foregoing specification, but to make the invention and its operation entirely clear, the following concrete description is given: Assuming the several parts to occupy the positions indicated in Fig. 3, and assuming further that a ve cent piece is inserted through the slot 27 into the coin carrier, the coin carrier is then moved about its pivot in the direction of arrow 46. The coin has fallen into the carrier and assumed the position indicated. by 32 in Fig. 6, one edge oit the coin resting against the lug 31a and a portion oi the coin itself closing a part of the slot 30. As the coin carrier is now moved about its pivot in the direction ot arrow 46 and the slot 30 is opposite the pin 62, the coin will impact against the pin and thus move the toothed plate 58 about its pivot QiY and revolving the gear Wheel 64 so that its bent arm 65 will revolve the tens wheel 48 one step and cause the next higher number to show through the Window During the movement of the carrier about its pivot the spring 44 has been moved from the nose 46 as shown in Fig. 3, to the nose 42 as shown in Fig. 4, and during this travel of the cam plate 41, the spring Was tensioned and thus prevented reverse rotation until the position of Fig. 4 had been reached. Upon reversing the movement of the coin carrier about its pivot, the open side ot the carrier is brought into alinement with the slot 69 and the coin falls out of the carrier by gravity into the space 69 where it rests until the door 73 is opened and the coins removed.

The carrier is moved back until it strikes against the lugs 7() and 71, and While the open side of the carrier is in alinement with the slot 68, the shutter 4() extends across the coin admission slot 27 and prevents insertion of a coin until the spring 37 has moved the carrier back into the position shovvn in Fig. 3.

The operation with other coins is analogous to that above described in connection With a live cent piece, the differences being in the extent of movement of the toothed plate 58 and the corresponding difference in the extent of movement of the tens wheel 48. When an aggregate of ten dollars is contained in the bank, one of the apertures 74 Will be in line with the latch 72 and the door may be opened. If desired the contents of the bank may be removed and the door 73 again closed to place the bank in position for further operation.

I claim 1. Coin actuated mechanism, embodying therein a rotatably mounted coin carrier comprising parallel side Walls and one edge wall, there being a series oi' graduated transverse slots in said carrier extending iuwardly trom the edge Wall, a coin stop ixed to said carrier and projecting across one ot the slots therein, ditfercntially operative mechanism, a rotatably mounted toothed segment engaging said diterentially operative mechanism and concentric with said coin carrier, projections carried by said segment in line with the slots in said coin carrier, and means for rotating said carrier whereby an inserted coin will engage a predetermined projection on said segment and cause actuation of said diiierentially operative mechanism to an extent corresponding with the denomination of the coin inserted.

2. Coin actuated mechanism, embodying therein a rotatably mounted coin carrier comprising parallel side v-.falls and one edge wall, there being a series et graduated transverse slots in said carrier extending inwardly from the edge Wall, a coin stop fixed to said carrier and projecting across one of the slots therein, differentially operative mechanism, a rotatably mounted toothed segment engaging said differentially operative mechanism and concentric vvith said coin carrier, projections carried by said segment in line with the slots in said coin carrier, means for rotating said carrier Whereby an inserted coin will engage a predetermined projection on said segment and cause actuation of said differentially operative mechanism to an extent corresponding With the denomination of the coin inserted, and means carried yby the coin carrier 'tor engaging said ditferentially operative mechanism to prevent excess operation thereof.

3. Coin actuated mechanism, embodying therein a rotatably mounted coin carrier comprising parallel side walls and one edge wall, there being a series of adjacent graduated transverse slots in said carrier near its upper end and a single slot in said carrier near its lower end, all of said slots extending inwardly from the edge wall of said carrier, a coin stop fixed to said carrier and extending across the lower slot in said upper series intermediate the ends of" said slot, a coin stop for the single slot near the lower end of the carrier, differentially operative mechanism, a toothed segment engaging said differentially operative mechanism and provided with a series of projections in line with the slots in the coin carrier, and means for rotating said carrier whereby a coin inserted therein will engage a predetermined projection on said segment and cause actuation of said differentially operative mechanism to an extent corresponding with the denomination of' the coin inserted.

l. Coin actuated mechanism, embodying therein an exterior casing comprising lateral parallel walls and a top wall having a coin admission slot therein, a supporting frame within said casing and comprising parallel vertical walls one thereof being provided with an elongated slot substantially at right angles to the coin admission slot in the exterior casing, a coin carrier rotatably mounted in said supporting frame and having an open upper end normally in alinement with s-aid coin admission slot, said coin carrier comprising parallel walls open at the side facing the frame wall having an elongated slot therein, there being a series of graduated transverse slots in said coin carrier, coin stop formed on said coin carrier and projecting across one of the slo-ts therein, differentially operative mechanism, a toothed segment concentric with said coin carrier and engaging said differentially operative mechanism, projections carried by said segment in line with the slots in the coin carrier, and means for rotating said carrier whereby upon rotation in one direction an inserted coin will engage a predetermined projection on said segment and cause actuation of the differentially operative mechanism to an extent corresponding with the denomination of the coin inserted, and upon rotation of said carrier in the reverse direction the inserted coin will fall by gravity out of the open side of said carrier through the elongated slot in the frame wall.

5. Coin actuated mechanism, embodying therein an exterior casing comprising lateral parallel walls and a top wall having a coin admission slot therein, a supporting frame within said casing and comprising parallel vertical walls one thereof being provided With an elongated slot substantially at right angles to the coin admission slot in the exterior casing, a coin carrier rotatably mounted in said supporting frame and having an open upper end normally in alinement with said coin admission slot, said coin carrier comprising parallel walls open at the side facing the frame wall having an elongated slot therein, there being a series of graduated transverse slots in said coin carrier, a coin stop formed on said coin carrier and projecting across one of the slots therein, differentially operative mechanism, a toothed segment concentric with said coin carrier and engaging said differentially operative mechanism, projections carried by said segment in line with the slots in the coin carrier, means for rotating said carrier whereby upon rotation in one direction an inserted coin will engage a predetermined projection on said segment and cause actuation ot' the differentially operative mechanism to an extent corresponding with the denomination of' the coin inserted, and upon rotation of said carrier in the reverse direction the inserted coin will fall by gravity out of the open side of said carrier through the elongated slot in the frame wall, and cooperating means earried, respectively, by the coin carrier and one wall of. said supporting frame for preventing reverse rotation of said coin carrier until the latter has reached the end of its rotary travel in either direction.

6. Coin actuated mechanism, embodying therein an exterior casing comprising lateral parallel walls and a top wall having a coin admission slot therein, a supporting frame within said casing and comprising parallel vertical walls one thereof being provided with an elongated slot substantially at right angles to the coin admission slot in the exterior easing, a coin carrier rotatably mounted in said supporting frame and having an open upper end normally in alinement with said coin admission slot, said coin carrier comprising parallel walls open at the side facing the frame wall having an elongated slot therein, there being a series of graduated transverse slots in said coin carrier, a coin stop formed on said coin carrier and projecting across one of the slots therein, differentially operative mechanism, a toothed segment concentric with said coin carrier and engaging said differentially operative mechanism, projections carried by said segment in line with the slots in the coin carrier, means for rotating said earrier whereby upon rotation in one direction an inserted coin will engage a predetermined projection on said segment and cause actuation of the differentially operative mechanism to an extent corresponding with the denomination of the coin inserted, and upon rotation of said carrier in the reverse direetion the inserted coin will fall by gravity ried by one of the supporting-frame Walls 10 out of the open side of said carrier through and adapted to engage the noses on said Cain the elongated slot in the frame Wall, and plate.

means for preventing reverse rotation of In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my said coin carrier until the latter has reached signature in presence of two Witnesses.

the end of its rotary travel in either direc- EMANUEL RICHTER. tion, said last named means including a cam Witnesses:

plate, provided With opposed noses, formed CLARIssA FRANCK,

on the Coin carrier, and a spring member car- JULE ZELUNKV.

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